# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 419
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12884 "2024-11-24T04:44:51Z")
Calling it now: this is a sock doing their “look at how normal I am” routine: `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-diamond-plate/1010702` ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12885 "2024-11-24T14:17:38Z")
So… the thread is gone. Does that mean I called it right? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12886 "2024-11-24T17:00:32Z")
Oh, I cornfielded that this morning, there were no flag. It was a returning sock. I caught in on my AM check. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12887 "2024-11-26T17:03:45Z")
Bunch of clever people being led by their science noses in that moon reflector thread… ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12888 "2024-11-26T17:47:39Z")
Nah, pops up from time to time on science threads. Not as bright as he thinks he is Probably a fairly young guy and as such. too self-important to know what he doesn’t know or admit to such ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12889 "2024-11-27T00:45:04Z")
One of the old gang of usual suspects has turned up to sea-lion like a mofo in the brainwashing thread in P&E. And I don’t mean Lumpy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12890 "2024-11-27T00:53:25Z")
Is it worth flagging? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12891 "2024-11-27T00:53:46Z")
Let’s find out. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12892 "2024-11-27T01:27:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > One of the old gang of usual suspects has turned up to sea-lion like a mofo in the brainwashing thread in P&E. Is it the giver of Ma, who may be the oldest member of my ignore list? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12893 "2024-11-27T01:30:35Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > One of the old gang of usual suspects has turned up to sea-lion like a mofo in the brainwashing thread in P&E. And I don’t mean Lumpy. Is that the poster in the DOGE P&E thread who wonders whether Fauci should be jailed? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12894 "2024-11-27T02:13:40Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Is that the poster in the DOGE P&E thread who wonders whether Fauci should be jailed? Said poster was, AFAICT, actually replying to/challenging the Demonic Tree, who was talking about wanting to see funding for viral “gain-of-function” research eliminated. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12895 "2024-11-27T02:21:45Z")
It seemed like a veer in a not so good direction, especially given the next comment by that poster. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12896 "2024-11-27T02:26:10Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > giver of Ma It took me a moment to grok that. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12897 "2024-11-27T06:44:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Is it the giver of Ma, who may be the oldest member of my ignore list? That’s the puppy. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12898 "2024-11-27T08:07:09Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Nah, pops up from time to time on science threads. Not as bright as he thinks he is None of that precludes trolling. > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Probably a fairly young guy He is, and I quote “not some kid”. He has a “whole team of physicists with PhD and masters from Lehigh and MIT”. Kook or troll, same difference, really. But the posts about hoping posters will be “mean and critical” stink troll to me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12899 "2024-11-27T12:47:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > Is it the giver of Ma, who may be the oldest member of my ignore list? > > That’s the puppy. Who regularly giveth regurgitation and poopsies on your bed in the early morning? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12900 "2024-11-27T12:58:03Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Kook or troll, same difference, really. But the posts about hoping posters will be “mean and critical” stink troll to me. Nobody likes being criticized. But when it does happen, some people like to play Galileo (the pop culture version, not the real one who was actually a bit of a scold/asshole) like they’re misunderstood geniuses or something. I’d rather help the kid learn than write him off as some kook not worth the effort. That’s part of proper community building - not just tossing ‘undesirables’ out because you just can’t be bothered. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12901 "2024-11-27T13:26:05Z")
But he says he’s not a kid, he has a whole department of physicists and engineers working with him. Why he’s bouncing ideas off internet randos, now, I got nothin for you. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12902 "2024-11-27T13:27:02Z")
Because he’s the lab building janitor? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/12903 "2024-11-27T13:34:42Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > But he says he’s not a kid, he has a whole department of physicists and engineers working with him. Yeah…a self-important kid thinking he’s so clever fooling everybody on the internet… > **[On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you%27re_a_dog)** > > "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage and Internet meme about Internet anonymity which began as a caption to a cartoon drawn by Peter Steiner, published in the July 5, 1993 issue of the American magazine The New Yorker. The words are those of a large dog sitting on a chair at a desk, with a paw on the keyboard of the computer, speaking to a smaller dog sitting on the floor nearby. Steiner had earned between $200,000 and $250,000 by 2013 from its reprinting, by which ti Peter ... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=418) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=420)